Ch. 8 Ancient Greece - RMS

1. How did mountains affect the location of Greek settlements?

• They made the settlements more united

• They made communication between settlements easier

• They made travel between settlements easier

• Villages and towns were separated by mountains

2. Why did the Greeks develop city-states?

• to help them conquer other lands

• to band together for protection and stability

• to show pride in their towns

• to show they did not trust one another

3. What was a tyrant in ancient Greece?

• a teacher who punished their students

• a leader who ruled with kindness and care

• a leader who held power through the use of force

• a general who commanded his troops

4. How were citizens involved in the government of Athens?

• citizens were assigned as governors of their own sections

• citizens were not involved in the government in Athens

• citizens took turns running the government as president

• citizens participated in assemblies, juries and public office

5. How are direct democracy (DD) and representative democracy (RD) different?

• In DD each citizen participates; In RD elected officials represent citizens

• In RD each citizen participates; In DD elected officials represent citizens

• DD and RD are the same system

• In RD citizens are not allowed to vote; In DD citizens do vote

a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works

• Aesop

• fable

• mythology

• Sappho

a type of government in which people rule themselves

• monarchy

• tyranny

• oligarchy

• democracy

a leader who held power through the use of force

• tyrant

• Pericles

• oligarchy

• aristocrat

people who had the right to participate in government

• polis

• fable

• aristocrat

• citizen

the Greek word for city-state

• acropolis

• polis

• city-state

• democracy